ortografía

See also: ortografia

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ortographía (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin orthographia, from Ancient Greek ὀρθογραφία (orthographía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾtoɡɾaˈfia/ [oɾ.t̪o.ɣ̞ɾaˈfi.a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: or‧to‧gra‧fí‧a

Noun

ortografía f (plural ortografías)

1. orthography
2. spelling (specific way of spelling a word)
3. spelling (a person's ability to spell words)

Derived terms

• ortográfico

 

Related terms

• ortógrafo

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: ortograpiya
• → Tagalog: ortograpiya

Further reading

• “ortografía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10